Hains, 22, learned his fate Tuesday morning as a Kalamazoo County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of one count each of felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the December 2012 death of Zoie Johnston.

Felony murder is punishable by mandatory life in prison without the chance of parole.

The jury, which began deliberations Friday and resumed deliberations Tuesday morning, considered whether Hains was guilty or not guilty of felony murder or second-degree murder. Hains was found not guilty of second-degree murder, a circuit court official said.

Zoie died Dec. 31, 2012, at Bronson Methodist Hospital and her death was ruled a homicide caused by inflicted head trauma. At the time she was admitted to the hospital, Zoie had marijuana in her system and a blood-alcohol level of 0.087 percent.

Police and prosecutors said Zoie was under the care of Hains at the time she suffered the injuries that led to her death. At the time, Hains was living with Zoie and her mother, Bailea Johnston, at an apartment at Pepper Tree Apartments on South 11th Street in Oshtemo Township.

Hains testified Thursday that he was with Zoie on Dec. 30 while Bailea Johnston was working a shift at the Applebee’s on Gull Road. Under questioning from last week from his attorney, Keith Turpel, Hains said he did not harm Zoie and that she suffered a seizure after falling innocently from his arm while he was doing laundry.

However, a pathologist from Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, testified Thursday that Zoie had swelling of the brain, as well as subdural bleeding and retinal hemorrhaging in her eyes that were consistent with the “violent shaking of a child” or having been struck against a soft object or being struck with a soft object.

Dr. John Bachinski testified that it is “exceedingly rare” for a child to suffer the amount of trauma that Zoie did from a fall.

Rex Hall Jr. is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. You can reach him at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.